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Numbers 26:27-64

27These were the clans of Zebulun, and their registration numbered 60,500.

28The descendants of Joseph included the clans of Manasseh and Ephraim.

29These were the descendants of Manasseh:

The Machirite clan from Machir, the father of Gilead, and the Gileadite clan from Gilead. 30These were the descendants of Gilead: the Iezerite clan from Iezer,1 the Helekite clan from Helek, 31the Asrielite clan from Asriel, the Shechemite clan from Shechem, 32the Shemidaite clan from Shemida, and the Hepherite clan from Hepher. 33Now Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons but only daughters. The names of his daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

34These were the clans of Manasseh, and their registration numbered 52,700.

35These were the descendants of Ephraim by their clans:

The Shuthelahite clan from Shuthelah, the Becherite clan from Becher, and the Tahanite clan from Tahan. 36And the descendants of Shuthelah were the Eranite clan from Eran.

37These were the clans of Ephraim, and their registration numbered 32,500.

These clans were the descendants of Joseph.

38These were the descendants of Benjamin by their clans:

The Belaite clan from Bela, the Ashbelite clan from Ashbel, the Ahiramite clan from Ahiram, 39the Shuphamite clan from Shupham,2 and the Huphamite clan from Hupham. 40And the descendants of Bela from Ard and Naaman were the Ardite clan from Ard3 and the Naamite clan from Naaman.

41These were the clans of Benjamin, and their registration numbered 45,600.

42These were the descendants of Dan by their clans:

The Shuhamite clan from Shuham.

These were the clans of Dan. 43All of them were Shuhamite clans, and their registration numbered 64,400.

44These were the descendants of Asher by their clans:

The Imnite clan from Imnah, the Ishvite clan from Ishvi, and the Beriite clan from Beriah. 45And these were the descendants of Beriah: the Heberite clan from Heber and the Malchielite clan from Malchiel. 46And the name of Asher’s daughter was Serah.

47These were the clans of Asher, and their registration numbered 53,400.

48These were the descendants of Naphtali by their clans:

The Jahzeelite clan from Jahzeel, the Gunite clan from Guni, 49the Jezerite clan from Jezer, and the Shillemite clan from Shillem.

50These were the clans of Naphtali, and their registration numbered 45,400.

51These men of Israel numbered 601,730 in all.

52Then the LORD said to Moses, 53“The land is to be divided among the tribes as an inheritance, according to the number of names. 54Increase the inheritance for a large tribe and decrease it for a small one; each tribe is to receive its inheritance according to the number of those registered.

55Indeed, the land must be divided by lot; they shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers. 56Each inheritance is to be divided by lot among the larger and smaller tribes.”

57Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans:

The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.

58These were the families of the Levites:

The Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, and the Korahite clan.

Now Kohath was the father of Amram, 59and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam. 60Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar were born to Aaron, 61but Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized4 fire before the LORD.

62The registration of the Levites totaled 23,000, every male a month old or more; they were not numbered among the other Israelites, because no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.

63These were the ones numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.

64Among all these, however, there was not one who had been numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai.

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Notes

  1. 1. Numbers 26:30 Iezer is a variant of Abiezer; see Joshua 17:2. ↩
  2. 2. Numbers 26:39 A few MT manuscripts, SP, Vulgate, and Syriac (see also LXX); most MT manuscripts Shephupham ↩
  3. 3. Numbers 26:40 SP and Vulgate (see also LXX); MT does not include from Ard. ↩
  4. 4. Numbers 26:61 Or strange ↩

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